Dictionary of all Scriptures & Myths

LOKE (OR LOKI), LOFO'S SON

A symbol of the desire-nature, kama-manas, full of cunning and egoism.

"Then said Ganglere: 'Loke acted most wickedly; first, by causing the death of Balder; and secondly, by preventing his release from Hel. But was he not punished for these his misdeeds?' Har replied: Yes, it was avenged on him, and in a manner which he will long remember.'" - The Punishment of Loke, Edda, Howitt.

Then the conscience speaks within the mind:-The desire-nature has done amiss from the relative point of view, in that it has become the means of drawing the soul (Balder) downwards to the karmic planes (Hel), and that fall now serves to prevent it from rising to union with the Self. But under all the circumstances which were incidental to such a fall,—was not cause and effect, or compensation on higher planes, made to yield such results as were just and right withal ? And the answer comes, that throughout the soul's evolution, perfect equilibrium between the higher and lower natures was maintained, and that the outcome of the whole process is stored away in the soul's inner being.

See Also

BALDER
CAVE
CONSCIENCE
DEATH OF BALDER
DOORS (four)
EYE (third)
GANGLER
HEIMDALL
HELL
HIGHER AND LOWER
HODER
NARE
NET OF ASAR
VOICE
WOMAN (Loke)